From the MacDuff distillery, where the river Deveron meets the sea on the northern edge of Aberdeenshire, the new expressions are a 10 year-old Old (only available in France), 12 year-old and 18 year-old. These have never been released before and will be available from October.

Stephen Marshall, Bacardi’s global marketing manager – single malts said: “The final one. We’ve done it and it tastes great. People underestimate the quality of whisky that can be made at a comparatively modern distillery, this is really top notch stuff. Get yourself up to Macduff, or if you can’t then stick Local Hero on the telly and pour yourself a dram”.